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Monday, October 30, 2006

An extremely shallow draft fast battleship: GB/BB/1915 Design A

John Roberts, in his Battlecruisers book, has the specifications for the design studies for a fast battleship to be built in 1915 or 1916. The ship would have been the length of the Renown, with a greater beam, but an extremely shallow draft. That was to reduce the risk of torpedo attack. The armament was 8-15in and 12-5in guns. The armour basis was 10in. I gave the ship a 3in deck armour, as the deck armour was not specified. 3in may have been greater than the design was actually given. When I implemented Design A in Springsharp, I had to increase the displacement to achieve an adequate strength. This is the Springsharp report:

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I spent 11 years on active duty in the navy. Half was as an enlisted man and half as an officer. My Dad had interested me in the navy and ships, when I was young. I found that I was attracted to doing research, regardless of topic, although much of that research has been in the fields of naval and military history. My Dad was also an artist, and got me drawing and painting since I was three. Much of my work consists of portraits of military and naval historical figures, as well as ships and tanks.